Master of Music (MMus) in Flute Performance (2006)
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now called the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Bachelor of Music (Bmus) in Flute Performance (2002)University of Denver, Lamont School of Music, Denver, Colorado, USA (1998-02)
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, UK (spent one year as an exchange student) (2000-01)

‘A Fresh Approach to the Interpretation and Performance of Astor Piazzolla’s ‘6 Tango-Etudes for Solo Flute’, The 2014 British Flute Society National Convention, The University of Warwick Arts Centre, UK (August 2014)

‘Improvising Tango Music in an Ensemble Setting’ The University of Hull, UK (December 2011)

‘Interpreting Piazzolla’s Orchestral Repertoire as a Classical Player’, North England Music in the Round, Piazzolla Project, Sheffield City Ballroom, UK (June 2011)

‘Group Improvisation in Tango Music for Wind Ensemble’ Denver School of the Arts, Colorado, USA, (December 2010)

‘Tango like a Tanguero: Five little tips to help a classical flute player perform tango music’, Flute- The Journal of the British Flute Society, 30 (2), 49-53, June 2011

‘Book Review: La Flauta en el Tango: A Fundamental Method for Playing Tango Music’ by Paulina Fain, Flute- The Journal of the British Flute Society, 30 (2), 62-63, June 2011

Invited Lectures
• ‘I didn’t quite catch your accent’: A recording analysis of accentuation in Astor Piazzolla’s Etude 6 for Solo Flute (1987) for a fresh approach to tango performance”. University of Plymouth Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) Doctoral Seminar Series, (13 Feb, 2017 and also 2 March, 2016)
• ‘Moving away from fishnets and fedoras: Fresh perspectives to the interpretation and performance of Astor Piazzolla’s ‘6 Tango-Etudes for solo flute’, 43rd National Flute Association (NFA) National Convention, Washington DC, USA, (13-16 August, 2015)
•‘Mugre, Mufa y Magia: Flute and Guitar Music of Argentina and Brazil’. Lecture Recital presented at The University of Newcastle, UK (9 October, 2013) and York St. John University (10 October, 2013)
• ‘To breathe or not to breathe? The ‘breath mark of possibility’: Notation, phrasing and form for a wider tango performance context in Astor Piazzolla’s Tango-Etude no. 1 for Solo Flute’. Paper presented at the Latin American Music Seminar London, Chancellors Hall, Senate House, London (26 May, 2012)
• ‘Constructing Musical Mugre for Performance’, Paper presented at the International Tango Conference on Creation, Identification, Circulation, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, France, ( 27-28 October, 2011)
• ‘Renovating the Argentine Tango’, Lecture Recital presented at the Sound Thought Festival, The Arches, Glasgow, UK ( 3-5 Feb, 2011)
• ‘Renovating the Tango Sounds of Sex Sadness and Society: Astor Piazzolla’s Flute Works for Interpretation and Performance’, Paper presented at the Royal Musical Association Postgraduate Research Conference, University of Manchester, UK (13-15 January, 2011)
• ‘Five Ways for a Classical Musician to Approach Tango Performance’, Lecture presented at the University of Wyoming Laramie, (3 December 2010) and at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA (29 November 2010).
• ‘The Sounds of the Argentine Tango…for Classical Flautists’, Poster presented at the VITAE Conference, The Great Northern Museum, Newcastle upon-Tyne, UK (26 April, 2010)
• ‘Composing with the Times’, Lecture Recital presented at The Forum, Community College of Aurora, Colorado, USA (16 October 2007)

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

Winner, ‘The USA National Flute Association (NFA) Graduate Research Competition 2015’, for PhD thesis. From the NFA: “This award is given to a flutist who has made outstanding contributions to flute study and to expose fine new scholarly work.”

Awarded full PhD Scholarship for flute performance (£32,000) from the University of Huddersfield (2009-13)

Let's Connect

Come Join Me...

Are you on the list?

The world’s first FREE newsletter on flute playing that’s just as delightful to read as Sunday morning papers in bed, your fave La-Z-Boy recliner + the smell of the desert after the rain (here’s to that). No fuss, no spam.

Latest Reviews

‘An authoritative and informative dissection of tango performance practice… a fascinating exposé. With persuasive demonstrations of each etude, Dr. Quiñones gave a graphic depiction of the freedom we can bring to this music…’– Review by C. Britton, British Flute Society Journal, ‘Pan’.

“Jessica has the ability to shred all over sheet music !If you’re looking for a sample of her ability check out ‘Laughing with Angst’ by Paul Pinto.”-– Indabamusic.com